I luv to read

[Coruscating]

1 minute ago, Jayne said:

I love to read.  But since my mother died three years ago, I have had depression/anxiety flare ups and one of my symptoms is that I have trouble finishing anything.

Finishing cleaning the kitchen, reading a book, preparing for Sunday School, and I have to make a lot of lists to make sure I pay the bills and gas up the car, etc.

I would love to start reading again.

I'm so sorry.

I was thinking... What if you find a book of short essays, or tales, or poetry and started from the last essay/tale/poem, then read the one in the middle, then the first one, then the penultimate, until there is nothing more to read? Is this suggestion too absurd? 🥴

 

[Coruscating]

On 9/20/2024 at 1:52 AM, missmuffet said:

How many here have a Kindle? Do you like it?

I have one. It has more than ten years and keeps going. I keep it in my purse, in case I'm stuck waiting somewhere. If I travel, Kindle is going, for sure. We can read without turning the lights on, which other passengers appreciate. And we have a ton of choices, without adding weight. But nothing surpasses a physical book, in my opinion.

[missmuffet]

17 minutes ago, Coruscating said:

I have one. It has more than ten years and keeps going. I keep it in my purse, in case I'm stuck waiting somewhere. If I travel, Kindle is going, for sure. We can read without turning the lights on, which other passengers appreciate. And we have a ton of choices, without adding weight. But nothing surpasses a physical book, in my opinion.

I have the new Kindle paper white. The tapping and swiping was a new experience for me since I have never had a smartphone. I know now that I never want a smartphone. They have increased the price of the Kindle books. They are a lot cheaper than a regular book.

[Jayne]

44 minutes ago, Coruscating said:

I'm so sorry.

I was thinking... What if you find a book of short essays, or tales, or poetry and started from the last essay/tale/poem, then read the one in the middle, then the first one, then the penultimate, until there is nothing more to read? Is this suggestion too absurd? 🥴

 

Not absurd at all.  My therapist tells me to do everything in small bites - just don't stop.

[Coruscating]

6 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

I have the new Kindle paper white. The tapping and swiping was a new experience for me since I have never had a smartphone. I know now that I never want a smartphone. They have increased the price of the Kindle books. They are a lot cheaper than a regular book.

I'm with you: No smartphone. 😀 But then I get so used to tapping on Kindle that, when I'm reading a physical book, it takes me a while to lose the instinct to tap the page. hahaha When this happens in public I blush a little...

[missmuffet]

4 minutes ago, Coruscating said:

I'm with you: No smartphone. 😀 But then I get so used to tapping on Kindle that, when I'm reading a physical book, it takes me a while to lose the instinct to tap the page. hahaha When this happens in public I blush a little...

The physical books were getting so expensive. I am an avid reader and I go through a lot of books. Some of the cheaper used books were becoming really bad quality. One book I got from the library had dead bugs in it that I had to scrape off. I have an allergy to fragrances and I have gotten some used books that had really strong perfume smells in them. That gave me a headache and I had to return the book. 

[Coruscating]

9 hours ago, missmuffet said:

The physical books were getting so expensive. I am an avid reader and I go through a lot of books. Some of the cheaper used books were becoming really bad quality. One book I got from the library had dead bugs in it that I had to scrape off. I have an allergy to fragrances and I have gotten some used books that had really strong perfume smells in them. That gave me a headache and I had to return the book. 

I would give up on the library and second hand books too, if that had happened to me!

 

 

Edited September 22, 2024 by Coruscating

[In the Clouds]

Do you have any books that you wish would never end after you've finished reading them?  All Creatures Great and Small was like that for me.  It was written by James Herriot, a veterinarian in Scotland.  It is about his life as an animal doctor and the many amazing experiences he had as he treated his patients.

[missmuffet]

5 hours ago, In the Clouds said:

Do you have any books that you wish would never end after you've finished reading them?  All Creatures Great and Small was like that for me.  It was written by James Herriot, a veterinarian in Scotland.  It is about his life as an animal doctor and the many amazing experiences he had as he treated his patients.

Yes, there have been a couple of books that I have loved. Loved the characters and was sad when I finished that book. I read "All Creatures Great and Small". A great book. I read it a long time ago.

[missmuffet]

35 minutes ago, believeinHim said:

My mom has a kindle reader, I haven't purchased one yet as they are so expensive. I mainly lie in bed and scroll memes.

I know they are expensive and I am not bucks up but I thought it would be a good investment.